In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy,
2004-09, as notified in the Gazette of India extraordinary Part II, Section 3,
Sub section (ii) as amended from time to time and in supersession of Public
Notice No. 69 (RE- 2006) dated 21.11.2006 and Public Notice No. 13 (RE-2007)
dated 02.07.2007, so far as they apply to import of Vegetable Fats [Vanaspati],
the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby notifies the following arrangement
for import of Vegetable Fats under Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement:

The total quantum of import of vegetable Fats under Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade
Agreement shall be restricted to 2.5 lakh MT per annum. The details of the items
included under this Quota shall be as under:-

ITEM
HS

WCO Classification

Trade Classification

1516.20

Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions

Vanaspati

1517.10

Margarine, excluding liquid margarine

Margarine

1517.90

Other

Bakery Shortening

The imports of the items in India shall be allowed, based on production of
Tariff Rate Quota Certificate (TRQC) and Certificate of Origin (CoO) issued by
the Designated Authority, that is, Department of Commerce, Government of Sri
Lanka. TRQC shall be issued in advance, in duplicate. TRQC will be sent by the
Sri Lankan exporter to Indian importer. The formats of TRQC and CoO are given in
Annexure ‘A’ and ‘B’ to this Public Notice.

Import quota of 2.5 lakh MT refereed in Para (1) above shall be allocated by
the Government of Sri Lanka in four equal quarterly tranche. Import quota of one
quarter shall not be allowed to be carried over to the next quarter. Date of
import for this purpose shall be reckoned with reference to the Bill of Lading
date.

Import of the items shall be allowed only through the following ports/ICDs:

Customs authorities shall forward a consolidated report of all such imports
to Directorate General of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, on a monthly basis, latest
by 10th of the following month.

This issues in public interest.

Sd/-
(R.S. GUJRAL)
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE(Issued from F.No.01/53/162/1109/AM07/F-2/ILS)

ANNEXURE -A

S.No. of CoO UNDER ISLFTA ___________

TARIFF RATE QUOTA CERTIFICATE(TRQC)

(To be issued in duplicate)
(FOR EXPORTS OF VANASPATI, BAKERY SHORTENING AND MARGARINE FROM
SRI LANKA TO
INDIA UNDER THE INDIA-SRI LANKA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT)
(To be filled in by the certifying authority, Government of Sri Lanka)

PART A: DETAILS OF EXPORTS

1.Name & Address of
Sri Lanka Exporter

2. Name & Address
of Indian Importer

3. HS No

4. Quota Year & months

5.Quantity in mt

6.FOB value

7. Description
of Goods

8.Marks & Nos. of
Shipping Packages

9.Mode of Transport and
Port of Loading

10.Remarks if any

PART B: QUOTA DETAILS AND CERTIFICATION

It is hereby certified that with this consignment, the position regarding quota
is as follows:

(i) Total quota allocated for this product: ________ mt

From ……. To ………

(ii) Cumulative quantity of export for this quarter

……………mt

(iii) Export under current consignment

……………mt

(iv) Balance quota for the current quarter

……………mt

Place:

Date:

Signature & Stamp of the certifying authority of Sri Lanka

ANNEXURE -B

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN

1.Goods consigned from
(Exporters' Business Name, Address, Country)

Reference No.
TRQ IN VANASPATI, BAKERY SHORTENING AND MARGARINE

UNDER ISLFTA

(Combined declaration and certificate)

Issued in …………….

(Country)

2.Goods consigned to
(Consignee's Name,
Address, Country)

4. For Official use

3.Means of transport and route (as far as known)

5.Tariff item
number

6.Marks and
number of
packages

7.Number and kind
of packages
description of
goods

8.Origin
criterion

9.Gross
weight or
other
quantity

10.Number
and date of
invoices

11. Declaration by the Exporter

The undersigned hereby declares that the above details and statements are
correct; That all the goods were produced in
…………………………………………..

(Country)

and that they comply with the origin requirements specified for those goods in
ISLFTA for goods exported to

……………………………………………..

(Importing Country)

……………………………………………..

Place and date, signature of the authorized signatory

12. Certificate:

It is hereby certified; on the basis of control carried out that the declaration
by the exporter is correct.